Corporate Communications & PR Manager

Unitile; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

United Group in Mumbai seeks a Corporate Communications & PR Manager to lead media relations across the group and its brands. You will build relationships with journalists, pitch stories, and drive editorial coverage from leadership perspectives.

The role is hands-on, requiring an established media network, a track record of earned coverage, and the ability to manage PR agencies and timelines across multiple brands.

Qualifications

• 5 to 10 years in corporate communications or PR.
• Preference for candidates with established PR agency background or corporate/B2B real estate experience.
• Proven record of earned editorial coverage and media relations success.
• Experience briefing and managing PR agencies and external partners.
• Clear writing and ability to turn business developments into compelling stories.

Responsibilities

• Own corporate PR and media relations across United Group brands, collaborating with business and marketing teams.
• Build direct relationships with journalists and editors across business, real estate, infrastructure, manufacturing, architecture and B2B media.
• Identify opportunities for coverage: features, interviews, expert commentary, opinion pieces and industry stories.
• Pitch business milestones, leadership perspectives and industry insights to right publications.
• Run press releases and media interactions from brief to published coverage.
• Build external profile of Group leadership across business platforms.
• Manage LinkedIn presence and professional communication of key management.
• Secure interviews, podcasts, panels and thought-leadership features.
• Brief PR agencies on priorities and announcements and track agency deliverables.
• Maintain PR calendar, journalist database and coverage tracker.

Skills

Media relations

Content strategy

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Tools

LinkedIn management

Job description

Corporate Communications & PR Manager

United Group | Mumbai (Head Office)

Reports to: Management / Leadership

Experience: 5 to 10 years

Preferred background: PR / communications agencies, corporate or commercial real estate, B2B organisations

The Role

Own PR and media relations across United Group and its brands. Build the Group's media presence, develop direct relationships with journalists and editors, and turn business developments and leadership perspectives into credible editorial coverage.

This is a hands-on role for someone who already has a working media network, and a record of securing earned coverage.

What You Will Own

• Own corporate PR and media relations across the Group's brands, working closely with business and marketing teams.
• Build and maintain direct relationships with journalists and editors across business, real estate, infrastructure, manufacturing, architecture and B2B media.
• Identify opportunities for coverage: features, interviews, expert commentary, opinion pieces and industry stories.
• Proactively pitch business milestones, leadership perspectives and industry insight to the right publications.
• Run press releases and media interactions from brief to published coverage.
• Build the external profile of Group leadership and founding members across business and industry platforms.
• Manage the LinkedIn presence and professional communication of key management and founding members.
• Secure interviews, podcasts, panels and thought-leadership features, and develop the themes behind them.
• Be the internal point of contact for the Group's PR agencies, briefing them on priorities and announcements.
• Track agency deliverables against expected outcomes, and judge independently whether an opportunity is worth taking.
• Maintain the PR calendar, journalist database and coverage tracker, and report on visibility and outcomes.

What You Bring

5 to 10 years in corporate communications, public relations or media relations.

Preference for candidates from established PR agencies, corporate or commercial real estate, or B2B organisations.

An established, working network of journalists, editors and publications.

Proof of meaningful editorial coverage secured independently, not paid or promotional placement.

Experience briefing and managing PR agencies and external partners.

Command of both traditional and digital PR.

Clear writing, and the ability to turn a business development into a story an editor wants to run.

Comfortable working independently across multiple brands and stakeholders.

Leadership profiling and LinkedIn management experience is an adva

ntage.

Why This Role

High ownership, direct exposure to Group leadership, and a clear mandate: take United Group's communications from reactive PR to a proactive, relationship-led media and thought-leadership function.